A Noble Life, Volume 2Hurst and Blackett, 1866 - 184 pages |
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Page 22
... face to their dying day . " Take me home , Malcolm ; I will go to the Manse another time . ' Carry me in your arms the quickest way . " Malcolm lifted his master , and carried him , just as in the days when the Earl was a child ...
... face to their dying day . " Take me home , Malcolm ; I will go to the Manse another time . ' Carry me in your arms the quickest way . " Malcolm lifted his master , and carried him , just as in the days when the Earl was a child ...
Page 80
... face in the pulpita voluble , flowery - tongued , foolish young assistant evidently caught hap- - hazard to fill the place which Mr. Cardross , during a long term of years , had never vacated , except at communion seasons . It 80 A ...
... face in the pulpita voluble , flowery - tongued , foolish young assistant evidently caught hap- - hazard to fill the place which Mr. Cardross , during a long term of years , had never vacated , except at communion seasons . It 80 A ...
Page 103
... face , once SO round and rosy , was sharp and thin ; the stood out ; the cheek - bones was bright complexion faded ; the masses of flaxen curls her - chief beauty were all gone ; and the thin hair was drawn up close under a cap . Her ...
... face , once SO round and rosy , was sharp and thin ; the stood out ; the cheek - bones was bright complexion faded ; the masses of flaxen curls her - chief beauty were all gone ; and the thin hair was drawn up close under a cap . Her ...
Page 106
... face - placed straight on the pillow , and as the fire blazed up , the sharp profile being reflected in grotesque dis- tinctness on the wall behind was a man's face ; 106 A Noble Life .
... face - placed straight on the pillow , and as the fire blazed up , the sharp profile being reflected in grotesque dis- tinctness on the wall behind was a man's face ; 106 A Noble Life .
Page 107
Dinah Maria Mulock Craik. tinctness on the wall behind was a man's face ; thin and ghastly , the skin tightly drawn over the features , as is seen in the last stage of consumption . Lord Cairnforth had never beheld death not in any form ...
Dinah Maria Mulock Craik. tinctness on the wall behind was a man's face ; thin and ghastly , the skin tightly drawn over the features , as is seen in the last stage of consumption . Lord Cairnforth had never beheld death not in any form ...
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